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I never met an ex-gambler. Just gamblers who are massively in debt, and desperately wanting to make money.
I'm assuming the ones who are good at it don't waste their time on places like this. They're busy gambling.

>>1603867
>being good at gambling
There's just different levels of being bad at it, and then there's fraud and operating a gambling parlor.

>>1603869
>There's just different levels of being bad at it
Lol, I'll have to remember that line. How common are frauds? I imagine if you get caught, you'd be blacklisted quickly in your city of operation. Running a gambling parlor sounds lucrative as fuck. I remember Vice or NatGeo did a documentary about it. Random alleys in nyc had offices that turned into gambling dens at night. They depicted lots of cash being thrown a round. The show also depicted those thieves to show up with guns and rob the place.

>>1603863
Yes, check /rhg

>>1603863
I've been kicked out of more than a dozen casinos for counting cards. The thing is, I don't even know how to count cards, I do it subconsciously with out even realizing it.

Those places are all run by sore losers.

You get better odds playing the stock market than you do in any casino

>>1605445
lmao no one can accidentally count cards. why do you feel the need to lie on an anonymous image board, anon? what are you compensating for?

>>1605596
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome
>.... while demonstrating exceptional skills or brilliance in specific areas, such as rapid calculation

Educate yourself. If I told you someone learned Icelandic in 7 days you'd probably me a liar too....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet

There are people on earth with extraordinary abilities. I hope you don't get shocked when someone solves a rubics cube in 30 seconds either.

Just because you can't done it, doesn't mean it can't be done.

>>1605604
Anon your grammar is poor

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>>1605607
fix it for me so i can learn from my mistakes

>>1605604
>>1605611
>>1605615
>You should be a secretary or something dude. Good job.

I was typing out a response to your original post, but it's clear you're either a troll or a legitimate autist. oh well.

>>1605611
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome
>.... while demonstrating exceptional skills or brilliance in specific areas, such as rapid calculation
Educate yourself. If I told you that* someone learned Icelandic in 7 days you'd probably call* me a liar too....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
There are people on earth with extraordinary abilities. I hope you don't get shocked when someone solves a rubics cube in only* 30 seconds either.
Just because you can't do* it, doesn't mean it can't be done.

There you go. I figured English wasn't your first language. You only missed small things. I really liked that last sentence.

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>>1605618
Can't handle a little banter? What kind of low level troll are you!
>>1605621
Thanks mate

Im about to drop a couple BTCs in a gamble. Just bet on Hillary winning and I will make more money than you make in 2 months wagecucking.

>>1605607
for an alleged savant

>>1605604

I knew a guy in highschool who could solve any rubiks cube combo in 20 seconds or less. No matter how I mixed it up I would hand it to him and he could solve it in like 15 seconds.

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>>1605639
your reading comprehension is worst than my grammar

As a young man born into a blue collar family who saved no dollars. I was a compulsive Saver, with a great desire to be wealthy. By the age of 18 I was playing poker and making money mind you. Three years later I'm sitting down at home watching greyhounds run around a track with $5000 on one that falls over. I lost 12k that night. Lifetime losses of maybe 20k at the age of 22. Trying to not gamble anymore. Only thing stopping me from doing the rest of my money was having it in shares meant I couldn't access it while I was in that chasing losses mindset.

>>1605702

In the first 6 months after trying not to gamble I saved almost 15k. Makes me wonder if my estimate of 20k over lifetime is too low.

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>>1605702
Gambling addiction is serious. Haven't you seen that Kramer episode? I jest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYi_esAyvzU

Hope you stop gambling big money. I can understand gambling in poker or skill based card games. The more skillful you are, the greater your odds. Practice for a few years and you can turn the hobby into a fulltime job.

But horses, dogs, sport betting is crazy. You have no conscious impact on the result, or do you?

Threads are popping up here lately asking if it's a good idea to spend the last of their savings, or a few btc on the usa election. It's silly. Why ask strangers if you can afford to lose money? Totally silly.

>>1605737
us election voting has reason behind it

how can trump win if its rigged?

>>1605632
All the more lulz in case hillary loses...

>>1603872
Don't remember that line it's terrible, poker is gambling, sports betting is gambling, both can be profitable.